RE: just put in prtoein skimmer ? & salinity level

skeeterdav2002 — Thu, 08 May 2008 22:17:09 GMT

Hi there,

The viscosity of salt water is affected by many things, oil being the big one, When I feed or put my hand in the tank, the head collapses the bubbles back up and start going out the return instead of staying in the riser. Various oils and who knows what is present in a new plastic skimmer that alone will restrict foam production, after a short while this is cleansed by the salt water and a slime coating is deposited, the bubbles get finer, taking longer to climb the tower, picking up waste and creating foam. Just give some time and it will do it's job. As for the increase in salinity, you need to top off the fresh water evaporation that occurs everyday. Remember, fresh water evaporates and salt does not.

just put in prtoein skimmer ? & salinity level

clownfish2 — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:19:39 GMT

I just got the protein skimmer and it is foaming a bit well i got it in about oh im not sure how many hours its been on, but the foam goes up the tube but it never goes out like never drips on the side just stays at the level of the funel, should it be like that ? or is it going to later on accumulate and then dispose itself ? andy ideas on how to get it working at its best ?

also my salinity levels increase a bit should i do a water change ? or whats going on

Thanks

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just put in prtoein skimmer ? & salinity level